Man shot to death in front of Stockton home

STOCKTON - Relatives and neighbors expressed fear and sadness after a man was shot to death in broad daylight outside his south Stockton home Friday morning.

Jason Anderson

STOCKTON - Relatives and neighbors expressed fear and sadness after a man was shot to death in broad daylight outside his south Stockton home Friday morning.

Officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 1100 block of East Sonora Street at 11:41 a.m., said Officer Joe Silva, a spokesman for the Stockton Police Department. When officers arrived, they located a man who had been shot, Silva said.

The victim, identified by relatives as 28-year-old Jaime Ramirez of Stockton, was taken to a hospital, where he died of his injuries, Silva said. This is the 16th homicide the Police Department has investigated in 2013.

"It's sad," said a woman who identified herself as the victim's sister. "We've lived here 15 years and nothing like this has ever happened."

The victim's sister said a second unit in her duplex was burglarized Thursday. The shooting victim lived in a trailer behind the duplex.

"I knew him," said Roy Ponce, who lives on East Sonora Street. "He was a cool guy. He never bugged anybody."

A woman who lives nearby said she and her husband heard two gunshots.

"We both heard the gunshots," the woman said, speaking on condition of anonymity because she feared for her safety. "He ran outside to see what happened and then came back in and told me to call the police."

Another neighbor said he also heard two gunshots. He also spoke on condition of anonymity because he feared for his safety.

"It's dangerous living around here now," he said. "There's too much violence."